• 文献标题:   Current-induced birefringent absorption and non-reciprocal plasmons in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   VAN DUPPEN B, TOMADIN A, GRIGORENKO AN, POLINI M
  • 作者关键词:   graphene plasmon, birefringent absorption, electrically tunable nonreciprocity
  • 出版物名称:   2D MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2053-1583
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Antwerp
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1088/2053-1583/3/1/015011
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We present extensive calculations of the optical and plasmonic properties of a graphene sheet carrying a dc current. By calculating analytically the density-density response function of current-carrying states at finite temperature, we demonstrate that an applied dc current modifies the Pauli blocking mechanism and that absorption acquires a birefringent character with respect to the angle between the in-plane light polarization and current flow. Employing random phase approximation at finite temperature, we show that graphene plasmons display a degree of non-reciprocity and collimation that can be tuned with the applied current. We discuss the possibility to measure these effects.